Why do 'they' do this.

[josharb87]

By all accounts it wasn't as user friendly as first though as the local foxes thought that a restaurant had been opened for them and just sat and waited for the next delivery to be funnelled their way.

 

 

and farmer giles thought christmas came early, bugger lamping, all he had to do was wait for the foxes to dine . . .

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The site were on at themoment has slow worms, I used to catch them as a kid, great little legless lizzards, havent seen them much in recent years are they endangered now?

[Steve Bullman]

i was involved in a highways job once where we had to clear the verge back 5m from the roadside to give them room to put up this fencing. inside the fencing they would place 1ft square pieces of roofing felt every 50m that apparently would attract the newts. then there was 2 guys whose job all day long was to walk up and down a 3 mile stretch checking under these felts for newts......he was lucky to find one a day, it was ridiculous.

[Treeworld]

These are usually put up when there is going to be near future works on the sites. The point is to relocate any species found to a suitable location, they stay in place for a period before the works and then in come the dozers etc. I think it is fantastic that the wildlife is cared for in this way and may we see more of it. As for a money spinner then I'm sure those fencing guys out there are loving this.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i was involved in a highways job once where we had to clear the verge back 5m from the roadside to give them room to put up this fencing. inside the fencing they would place 1ft square pieces of roofing felt every 50m that apparently would attract the newts. then there was 2 guys whose job all day long was to walk up and down a 3 mile stretch checking under these felts for newts......he was lucky to find one a day, it was ridiculous.

 

Steve, dont get me wrong i appreciate where your coming from, but it is something we will see more and more of as we consume the earths avaliable space and resource.

 

Is it not right that we go to such lengths to protect what biodiversity we have?

 

Whould you not want your duaghter to grow up in a world where she can learn about nature, about frogs and toads and hedgehogs and mice?

 

An awfully large portion of this kind of work is undertaken by volunteers, passionate people who are desperate to save what we have.

 

I know this stuff costs us, but what cost do you put on life?

[Steve Bullman]

Steve, dont get me wrong i appreciate where your coming from, but it is something we will see more and more of as we consume the earths avaliable space and resource.

 

Is it not right that we go to such lengths to protect what biodiversity we have?

 

Whould you not want your duaghter to grow up in a world where she can learn about nature, about frogs and toads and hedgehogs and mice?

 

An awfully large portion of this kind of work is undertaken by volunteers, passionate people who are desperate to save what we have.

 

I know this stuff costs us, but what cost do you put on life?

 

indeed.....dont get me wrong. its not the sheer cost of this that gets to me(althought it must be astronimical)its the fact that sometimes these things seem to get more of a budget chucked at them than stuff that is IMO more important still.

[tractorboy1]

They used this fencing when putting a new pipeline through kent. It was about 20,000m and the got 3 newts.

[Steve Bullman]

Whould you not want your duaghter to grow up in a world where she can learn about nature, about frogs and toads and hedgehogs and mice?

 

 

oh and for the record.....

 

<------- Keeley the destroyer is not as cute as she appears and would most likely kill all those things if left to her own devices

[Andy Collins]

oh and for the record.....

 

<------- Keeley the destroyer is not as cute as she appears and would most likely kill all those things if left to her own devices

 

Now you mention it, it looks as if she's peeling a baby rabbit in your avatar:biggrin:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

oh and for the record.....

 

<------- Keeley the destroyer is not as cute as she appears and would most likely kill all those things if left to her own devices

 

Now you mention it, it looks as if she's peeling a baby rabbit in your avatar:biggrin:

 

Eating worms as a child is a primevil instinct, it bolsters the imune system.

 

But LMAO to those comments and yes children CAN be a bit mmmm hands on with nature! lol:lol: